4-STAR REVIEW: PROMISING LOVE by Sara Ohlin

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The Description

Rescue Me: Book 3
Publication Date: November 9, 2021

When a glamorous spa owner seduces the grumpy neighborhood bartender, passion smolders…

Ruby Naylor, confident, successful proprietor of Spa La La, has been crushing on Lachlan MacGregory for ages and finally throws herself at the grumpy bartender as he’s helping her tipsy butt home to her apartment above his pub.

Ruby is the only woman Lachlan has ever loved—from afar. When she makes a pass, he finally admits he’s wanted her for a long time. He leaves her that night with three promises—a kiss, a special connection between them and an epic tomorrow.

Unfortunately, when tomorrow arrives and Lachlan is smacked with the knowledge that she’s already in a relationship with two men, he feels he has nothing to offer her.

His day gets worse when his addict father is on his doorstep again, demanding money. The thought that he could end up sick and miserable like his father eats at Lachlan, making him focus on what has never let him down, his successful pub in the burgeoning Corvallis neighborhood.

Learning that Ruby is not taken, Lachlan finally goes all out to win her back. With his heartfelt apology, it’s easy for Ruby to forgive him—she believes in joy, in romance, in happy ever after. What she never expected was how vulnerable Lachlan could make her feel.

Can their love withstand life-shattering events to lead them into a beautiful future?

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The Review

Promising Love is a spicy contemporary romance and the third book in the Rescue Me series by Sara Ohlin. It is the story of a smoldering attraction that finally blossoms with great results.

In the town of Corvallis, two business owners had been eyeing each other for some time. Ruby Naylor, the owner of Spa La La, feels that there may be an attraction between herself and Lachlan MacGregory, owner of the pub across the street, but nothing ever seems to materialize. One night when Ruby is a bit tipsy, she makes her interest known. Lachlan is ready to move things forward, but circumstances get in the way.

There were things I really liked about the book. Ruby’s kind, exuberant character was a nice contrast to Lachlan’s stoic, broody nature. Ruby’s girlfriends were sweet and supportive. The values of family, friends, and community were strongly illustrated. The beginning of the book seemed choppy, especially with Ruby’s stream-of-consciousness type of dialogue. The story was much stronger once it got rolling. There wasn’t a great deal of conflict, and it seemed that Lachlan’s battle with his father wasn’t fully resolved. But I enjoyed reading this breezy romance with nice sexy bits.

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About The Author

Puget Sound based writer, Sara Ohlin is a mom, wannabe photographer, obsessive reader, ridiculous foodie, and the author of the contemporary romance novels, Handling the Rancher, Salvaging Love, Seducing the Dragonfly, Igniting Love, Flirting with Forever and Promising Love.

She has over sixteen years of creative non-fiction and memoir writing experience, and you can find her essays at Anderbo.com, Feminine Collective, Mothers Always Write, Her View from Home, Under the Gum Tree, and in anthologies such as Are We Feeling Better Yet? Women Speak about Healthcare in America, Take Care: Tales, Tips, & Love from Women Caregivers, and Chicken Soup for the Soul.

Although she’s the author of many essays about life, grief, motherhood and the connections we make through delicious food and shared meals, Sara loves creating imaginary worlds with tight-knit communities in her romance novels. She credits her mother, Mary, Nora Roberts and Rosamunde Pilcher for her love of romance.

If she’s not reading or writing, you will most likely find her in the kitchen creating scrumptious meals with her two kids and amazing husband, or perhaps cooking up her next love story. She once met a person who both “didn’t read books” and wasn’t “that into food” and it nearly broke her heart.